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Female sports

Jun 6, 2023
Jun 6, 2023 Updated Apr 13, 2025
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Editor,

I was disappointed to read that football coach Steve Sell is so dismissive of female sports and the women who have fought for years for the right to compete fairly.

(9) comments

asaini Jun 7, 2023 9:16am

Decision from WA (international sports governing body) on this subject-

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“Decisions are always difficult when they involve conflicting needs and rights between different groups, but we continue to take the view that we must maintain fairness for female athletes above all other considerations,” World Athletics president Sebastian Coe said in a statement.

“We will be guided in this by the science around physical performance and male advantage which will inevitably develop over the coming years. As more evidence becomes available, we will review our position, but we believe the integrity of the female category in athletics is paramount.”

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Link: https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2023/03/23/sport/world-athletics-transgender-ruling-spt-intl/index.html

Owen_Day Jun 6, 2023 1:24pm

The transphobia here is so blatant and I’m incredibly disappointed in the Daily Journal for platforming bigotry.

Dirk van Ulden Jun 6, 2023 4:22pm

Well Owen - since when is keeping boys out of girls sport a phobia?

willallen Jun 6, 2023 4:52pm

"Transphobia?" Isn't that where Dracula is from?

Owen_Day Jun 7, 2023 6:33am

They’re trying to keep girls out of girls sports…

dc00 Jun 11, 2023 8:39am

Right on. This is a non-issue stirred up for the far right’s political gain. It’s endangered transgender people.

Westy Jun 11, 2023 11:25am

Exactly. Non-issue. And the people jumping on the bandwagon have made zero effort to educate themselves as to what transgendered means, they seem just very happy to have a new vehicle for their hatred and a new bunch of targets. They forget that these targets are fellow human beings.

jcaruana Jun 11, 2023 8:07pm

This is a non argument. All you have are ad hominems: haters, far right wingers, targeters, etc.. That is because you have no rebuttal for the easily verified scientific fact that everyone is either biologically male or female.

No one here has expressed hatred for transgender people and you have not even indicated an argument for why expressing the contrary opinion is "bigotry" or "hatred." You should not be throwing around those dangerous, inflammatory terms without some strong evidence other than you decide that is so.

If you somehow have a rebuttal for one's sex being either male or female according to biology, then state your piece and stop wasting everyone's time.

I would also add as further proof of the obvious is that some, not all, transgendered persons resort to dangerous surgeries and hormonal treatments to attempt to "change" their sex. I think it is the medical cartel and their enablers who are the real targeters of children with unproved, risky procedures that should be banned for persons that are not adults.

jcaruana Jun 11, 2023 6:50pm

Publishing a letter to the editor is "platforming?" I can see who supports authoritarian censorship.

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